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AUSTIN, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1922
(HOME EDITION)
VOL. 50.—NO. 298.
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BY HEAVY RAIN FALL
SCHOOLBOY HELD FOR
KILLING TEACHER
WITH AN IRON BAR
expressing horror at the s ivage mur-
Upton,
ARMISTICE PROPOSAL
flooded from the river at the present
Cattlemen say water holes
order to keep the filtering
have been filled on the ranges and that
but contend
by southern extremists.
with the pointed end of an iron
FAILS TO IMPRESS
MAY TAKE CONTROL
cation, roundly denounce the continu-
a preliminary hearing
Spivey, son of a prominent farmer.
TURKISH OFFICIALS
OF THE DARDANELLES
(Continued on Page Two.)
HEAVY RAINFALL IS
Bpivey said.
down,"
RECORDED FOR LAST
nolousness from the blow and died the
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
Bideted at that time.
WEATHER FORECAST
by their
night received a telephone call at her
where Mrs.
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Recommendations for Meeting
Present Emergency Made At
Gathering of Business Men.
window into the bedroom
Arthur Ma trona lay sicl:
Treated Wife as Hired Housekeeper;
She Rebels, Sues for Divorce and
Asks for Slice of Alimony
Crockett,
counties.
Belfast Tel-
some of the
Hutton,
Reagan
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Municipal Departments.
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RAN ANGELO, Texan. March 25.-
Rain fall averaging one Inch last night
shattered a dry spell of several months
duration in Tom Green, Sterling, Ho-
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Inches; General Throughout
Travis County.
having, as they say, failed to exercise
sufficient repressibe measures.
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Whippings In Addition to Eth-
eredge and Rothblum Cases
Reported to Officers,
Moslems Distrust Sincerity and
Motives of the Powers In
Egypt to End War.
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bar.
At
Precipitation Averages From One
to Three Inches, According
to Reports.
Lad Said He Threw Missile
When Pedagogue Sought to
Keep Him in.
Maury Hughes Warned to "Go
Easy' In Hunt for
Terrorists.
Anglo-French Rivalries Prevent
Internationalization of Famous
Straits.
MILLIONAIRE’S HEIR
WASHING DISHES IN
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By Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla., March 25.—Two of the women passengers of the
flying boat Miss Miami, which left here Wednesday for the island
of Bimini and was forced down in the open sea by a broken propeller,
died of exposure and two other passengers, crazed by exposure,
jumped overboard into the sea, according to the story told by Robert
Moore, pilot of the craft, to members of the crew of the steamer
William Green, which rescued him last night from the wrecked hulk
of the boat.
The fifth passenger, a man whose name as well as those of the
others Moore could not give, slipped quietly into the sea early yester-
day after having become exhausted from clinging to the craft.
EVEN THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS CONGRESSIONAL
TROUBLES
firesides throughout the night, and
when they hear the sond of approach-
cipal attempted to head him off, he
seised the iron bar and threw It at
E-----u—"‘I think I knocked him
the correspondent of the
egraph there tells how fn
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 25.—When
former Police Captain John J. Col-
lins had anything to say to his
wife he wrote it, saluting her as
"my dear madams” and subscrib-
in himself “respectfully,” accord-
ing to the testimony Mrs. Collins
yesterday in the trial of a suit for
alimony pending separation.
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British Authorities Decide On'
Conference In Hope of Putting '
An End to Anarchy.
that the message would receive the
By Associated Press.
DUBLIN, March 25.—Arthur Grif-
fith, president of the Dull ireann, and
Eamonn J. Dugan, minister of home
affairs in the Dall cabinet, are plan-
ning to go to London Monday in re- I
sponse to the British cabinet’s invita-
tion to a conference on the unsettled
situation in Ireland.
He then ran
in school after hours Thursday. He
said he ran out, but was caught by
Kannenberg, who carried him back to
the class room and threatened to whip
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PRICE FIVE
Himi districts families sit
west.trom Chlldress, east from Wills I government, and that a further reply
Point. The moisture was needed, par- * m ’ -
ticlarly in West Texas, where plowing ,
can now begin.
At Dallas the heavy downpour was
accompanied by high winds.
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they dash away from their homos. All hotel. purporting to have been made
personal belongings are packed in by her son He did not give his ad.
boxes and hidden lb the fields, while dress. but Mrs. Duffield had the call
money and valuables are secreted in’traced to a drug store on First ave-
larly urged this solution, while M. through a
Poincare and Lord Curgon are under- h--- AX--
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ment responsible to a great extent for said the teacher ordered, him to stay
BELFAST, March 25—Premier Sir
James Craig today received a telegram
from Wnston Spencer Churchill, im-
“Dear madame.
“Upon your repeated requests
the following agreement between
us was entered into June 10, 1919,
it was said to provide you with a
home and allowance of $28 week-
ly for table expenses, $3 a week
for laundry and sufficient for
clothing for yourself and the
children. In return for same you
were to properly care for the
house, provide an adequate amount
would be sent shortly. aubvw-------- --- -----------
The UIgter cabinet has been sum- | following day. He was an overseas
I moned to meet on Monday for other . veteran and formerly lived at Kaur-
businera, and it In understood Secre- man.
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feeding livestock.
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him. The lad naid he again tried to
run from the room and when the prin-
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ward, Nolan, Runnels, Coleman, Con- expressing horror at the 8 VAEe mur-
cho, Schleicher, Hutton, Edwards. derramay rwen Saesaho.ers 0
and Irion Some of the newspapers which In no
wise condone the outrages committed
ance of violence in Belfast. They are
earnest consideration of the northern home.
Kannenberg did
perlal secretary for colonies, inviting
him to a conference in London on the,
Irish situation The premier replied Kannenberg.
By Associated Press.
PARIS, March 25.—The League of
Nations is likely to be asked to take
control of the Dardanelles. It has be-
come known, despite the secrecy with
which the allied foreign ministers have
veiled their deliberations here.
The rivalry between France and
Great Britein in the Ncar East and the
constant friction which has existed
between them at Constainople are
pointed to in international political
circles here as showing the practical
impossibility of applying any scheme
of internationalization to the straits
that would suit all the allies.
For that reason Premier Poincare,
the Marquis Curzon, British foreign
secretary, and the Italian foreign min-
ister. M Schanzer, have discussed the
eventuality of asking the league to re-
lieve them of . this burden.
M. Schanzzer, a strong advocate ot
the lengue, is said to have particu-
stood to welcome any play that will
relieve them of a problem which thus
far has developed only trouble and
contributed to irritation between the
allies, •’ «.
By Associated Press.
MAILIN, Texas, March 25.- Odas
Spivey, 14 year old school boy, is held
here for juvenile court under 1500 bond
charged with killing C. W. Kannen-
berg, 26, principal of the MeClennhan
school, near here. who died yesterday
from effects of being struck over the
BELFAET, March 25. Gunmen were
buey again today. Three men am-
bushed John Beresford, a Protestant
and an employe f a morning news-
paper. He was wounded twice.
Several men entered the home of d
coal hawker in Georges streeb East
Belfast, set it afire and then shot a
pony and a donkey belonging to the
hawker.
David Christie was stopped in the
street by several men- who interro-
gated him regarding his religion. He
turned and fled, escaping unhurt, al-
though a shot was fired at him.
As evidence of conditions in Tyrone.
of food for the family and co-
operate with me,” he wrote his
wife.
•‘You have not compiled with
the above mentioned agreement
and violated the same as follows:
“Deserted home from about 9
a. m. Saturday, May 7, 1921, leav-
ing no one in charge, returning
11 p. m. Sunday May 8, 1921, leav-
mechanics working there in viola-
tion of my wishes.
“Failure to provide and prepare
food during the above mentioned
period.
“Left home with no one in charge
for several hours on Saturday af-
ternoon, May 14, 1921. "
“As a result of these violations
I will be compelled to make other
arrangements.
“Respectfully,
(Signed) “JOHN J. COLLINS”
ABILENE, Texas, March 25.—Two-
thirds of an inch of rain fell here last
night an4 it was general over this
territory.
early today, bound the woman with the
bedclothes and ransacked the bureau
drawers. She escaped with $30 Other
members of the family were asleep in
adjoining rooms, I
East Texas: Tonight, local showers
in east, generally fair in west, portion;
Kunday, generally fair, cooler in east
• nd south portions.
West Texas: Tonight, generally fair,
colder. probably frost in north portion,
probably frcezing in Panhandle; Sun-
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By Associated Press.
BALLINGER, Texas, March 25--
Nine months of drouth was broken in
this section by a rainfall of one to
three inches last night. Ample stock
water now is assured in places where
farmers for several months have been
hauling supplies for their livestock.
That a bond Issue either against the
credit of the city or a short time bond
issue against the property of the water
and light department is the best and
most feasible plan to finance contem-
plated extensions and improvements
in that department of the city’s ad-
ministration, was the general senti-
ment of power consumers in a meeting
Saturday morning at the Chamber of
Commerce.
The meeting was called by Eldred
McKinnon, president of the Chamber
of Commerce to hear the report of a
committee appointed recently to in-
vestigate the affairs of the water and
light department with a view of learn-
ing whether or not recent increases in
water, light and'power rates were jus-
tified in order to meet expenses of
that department. This committee com-
prised A. C. Baldwin, chairman; Pro-
fessor J. M. Bryant of the University
of Texas electrical engineering fac-
ulty, and J. G. Wilcox, manager of the
Austin-Taylor Grocery Company.
Sam Greenberg, vice president of the
Chamber of Commerce, presided at the
meeting, in the absence of President
McKinnon, and introduced Mr. Bald-
win. who read the report of the com-
mittee in its entirety. After finishing
reading of the report and making cas-
ual explanations of points that might
be confusing, Mr. Baldwin furnished
newspaper men with copies of the re-
port, and the report- in full will be
published in- Sunday's issue of The
Austin Statesman, so that Austin citi-
zens may read exactly what the com-
mittee’s findings in the matter of light
water and power rates were.
High points contained in the report
as read by Mr. Baldwin are as follows:
1. The city power plant is loaded
practically’ at 100 ner cent capacity I
and one normal load of 2200 kilowatts |
supplied the city is generated by four
generators ranging in capacity from]
300 kilowatts for the smallest unit to
2000 kilowatts for the largest. Should |
the largest unit fail, the remaining
machines could not care for the pres-
ent requirements for one day.
2. The consumers of the city are
paying for service that the city de-
partments are getting when said con-
sumers pay their service bills. The
report states that for every three gal-
lons of water a customer receives he
must pay’ for two other gallons- for the
city, and for every three kilowatt
hours of electrical energy’ he buys for
himself e must buy one for the city.
3. The city power plant has never
made less than $100,000 annually since
1909. and in 1918, the highest revenue
producing year, the plant made $215,-
000 in the face of having to pay out
the highest fuel bill in its history. The
difference in the cost of fuel for 1921
as compared with that of 1918 would
have permitted the plant to show as
good a revenue last year as during
any previous year.
4. The water situation is critical. In
that the supply is inadequate and
slowly failing. The beach is being
WACO, Texas, March 25.--Good
rains are falling here this morning
and in the surrounding counties, re-
lieving the farmers whose planting
operations were menaced by lack of
moisture. The precipitation is not
heavy, but sufficient to bring up corn
and cotton and save the oats.
not regain con-
DALLAS, Texas, March 25—Rain,
accompanied by lightning and hail,
which in some instances resulted in
damage, was reported today from
many parts of West Texas. Lightning
struck a house in Fort Worth, Bar-
ing off the roof, early this morning.
Lightning also knocked the top off an
automobile there, but no one was in-
jured. Rain reports were received this
morning from as far west as Big.
Springs, southwest from Brady, north - i
OLD GREY MARE
SAVES 2 WOMEN
FROM DROWNING
By Associated Press.
EMPORIA, Texas, March 25.—
“The cld grey m«re ain’t what
she used to be,” but two Emporia
women owe their lives to a farm
horse of that age, color and »•*.
which saved them from the Bur-
lington flood.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carie and
Mr/ and Mrs. J. W. Lumpkins
arrived in Emporia last week
with a story of their thrilling
rescue. They were marooned in
a flivver one miles south of Bur-
lington when to flood struck
them. When the water stalled
tne autvmobil engine they call-
ed for help. Nat Lana, a farm-
er living on a hill nearby, heard
the cell. When the water had
covered the lights of tha ear and
was rushing into the ppats, a
flash of lightning disclosed a
farmer riding an old grey mart,
swimming toward them.
Mrs. Lumpkins and Mrs. Carl
rod* to safety on the horse, which
made two trips, swimming more
than a half mile each way.
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After praying for help, Suite, realiz-
ing his condition and that death was
not far away, took a roll of money,
containing $2000. from his pocket and
handed It to Moore, saying: "You are
a younger man and may be able to
come through, but I can not hold out
any longer.”
Then he, too, dropped to his grave
beneath the waters of the Atlantic.
Many Boats Passed Near.
Acrording to the story of Moore,
nine boats passed the Miss Miami
after she was down, one so closely that
h ecould read her name, but they did
not see the wrecked craft. He said
on Wednesday and Friday he saw
planes flying overhead, but saw none
on Thursday.
Mrs. J. Stewart Williams, wife oC
the consulting engineer in the employ
of the Pan-American Petroleum Com-
pany, was aboard the William Green
and took charge of the stricken pilot
when he was rescued.
In his delirium, Moore fancied she
was his mother, and kept repeating:
"Mother, you made me give up the
automobil racing game, but don’t take
my plane away from me.”
That divine Providence had some-
thing to do with the rescue Is the firm
belief expressed by Captain William
Wachsmuth of the William Green. He
said that something impelled him to
go a point off his regular course and
that when he did this he sighted tha
wrecked airplane with its sole sur-
vivor.
It was dusk when he came from his
cabin for the last time Friday night
before going below, and as he looked
out over the waters he noticed an ob-
ject. Using his glasses, he saw that
it was something waving. He turned
his ship towards the object and al-
though a high sea was running, low*
ered a small boat*
Rainfall in Austin during the
twenty-four-hour period from Friday
noon until Saturday noon amounted to
2 38 inches, according to a report from
the University weather observatory
early Saturday afternoon. Through
the Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-
rany it was learned that the rain was
also general throughout Central Texas.
Steady rains were reported falling
throughout the entire territory be-
tween Austin and Lampasas, as well
as north to Waco. Reports from vari-
ous points in Travis county Indicated
that the rainfall had been general for
the Austin territory.
Friday'and Saturday’s rain here was
the heaviest recorded since the first
of the year. t
Ing on his feet, he waved a white
young handkerchief, keeping this up all day
long
By Assoclated Prees.
DALLAS, Texas, March 23.—-An-
nouncement of new developments in
the Dallas flogging cases were lack-
ing early today. One of the cases un-
der inve stisation in which the name
had not heretofore been made pub-
lic is that of W. J. Gilbert, proprietor
of a pressing and cleaning establish-
ment. His relatives were said by of-
ficials to have supplied the informa-
tion. The methods in the Gilbert case,
which occurred February 11 were sim-
ilar to those in the Rothblum and
Btheredge cases more recently.
Officials in charge of the investiga-
tions say that while they believe they ’
could name some of the persons re- |
sponsible, filing of formal charges will
await Collection and compilation of far
more definite and stronger evidence,
than now is on hand. Reports of fric- i
tion between various officials were de- ‘
nied today.
District Attorney Maury Hughes re- ’
Iterated today his statement of last I
night that he believed state rangers I
(Continued on Pago Two.)
IRISH LEADERS CALLED
LONDON, March 25.—The colonial
office received notification today that
Arthur Griffith, president of the Dail
Ereann, and Famon J. Duggan, minis-
ter of home affairs, would arrive in
London Munday in compliance with
the request of the British government
for a conference on the critical Irish
situation.
Should the Ulster government ac-
cept the invitation to the conference
it is expected the conferees will meet
here Tuesday.
The morning newspaper generally
comment on the situation, especially
Girt Bandit Robs Woman.
LYNN, Mass., March 25.—A girl
bandit. masked and armed, stepped
2 Passengers aboard the Miss Miami
when she left here were Mr. and Mrs.
August Buite and Mr. and Mrs. Law-
rente F. Smith, all of Kanaan City,
and Mr;. J. S. Dickson of Memphis.
The sub chaser 154 arrived at 10
a. m., after having transferred the
delirious pilot from the William
Greene. He was rushed to a hospital,
where-it is feared the exposure will
result in his death.
Woman First to Go.
According to the disconneeted story
which the exhausted and delirious
pilot told during intervals when he
was rational, two women died in hie
arms from exhaustion, two of the pas-
sengers became panic stricken and
jamped overboard to their deaths, and
the remaining male passenger finally
slippod quietly into a watery grave
Friday morning as a result of sheer
exhaustion.
. The incoherent story of the tragedy
as told to the members of the crew
by the pilot'before he lapsed ipto a
semi-conscious eodition is that short-
ly after the Miss Miami left this port
I Wednesday morning a broken propeller
forced her down and she rode the
Mttheam’Eredmtin- nar-
Nothing happened until Thursday
morning, when the hull of the flyer
began to leak as a result of bitting
against sumething. Men and women
passengers took turns using the pumps
until all became exhausted and one
of the women on Thursday night-
which one Pilot Moore could not say-
jumped overboard. A man whom he
thought was her hueband leaped after
her and both disappeared, never to be
seen again. The fate of the man and
woman depressed the other two wo-
men and they fainted away, but were
supported by Pilot Moore for seven
and a half hours.
Two Die in Pilot's Arma
In the meantime another man, com-
pletely exhausted, had slipped into the
raging waters. After seven and a half
hours the two women died in the arms
of the pilot and he gently dropped their
boo I oh into the water, which now had
claimed four passengers.
This left only Pilot Moore and Au-
gust Bulte, vice president of the Lara-
bee Flour Mills Corporation of Kansas
City, who took turns manning the
pump in an effort to keep the flying
boat afloat. They kept this up until
Friday morning, when they were so
1 exhausted they could no longer man
the pump. About this time a huge
wave came along and overturned the
flyer.
Bulte and Moore sc rambled over the
side of the boat and Moore fastened a
rope around himself for support in
case he became unconscious. Stand-
NEW YORK, March 25,—Accom-
panied by newspaper men familiar
with the city, Mrs. Graham Duffield
of Chcago set out today to comb the
East Hide for trace of her son, Gor-
don. 17, heir to his uncle’s $1,000,000
estate. The boy several months ago
ran away from school in Plainfield,
N. J, and was reported to have be-
come a dishwasher in the Bowery to
experience "real poverty.”
For the second time since her ar-
rival in the city, Mrs. Duffield last
By Associated Press.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 25.—
proposal for an armistice between the
Turks and Greeks in Asia Minor, ad-
vanced by the allied foreign ministers
was received here,with indifference.
Distrust is expressed by the -news-
papers of all shades of opinion, which
recall the armistice of Mudres, where
they say the Turks were deceived by
the very statesmen who offer to set-
tle the present trouble. They say
there is danger of the Greeks not ful-
filling tho armistice terms, but instead
using the interval to complete their
preparations for further warfare.
It is stated tha the Turks at any
rate cannot accept the idea of an arm-
istice as long as theGreeks retain the
lines occupied by their troops in last
year's o1 nsive which was started de-
spite a warning from the powers.
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are neither safe nor sanitary.
Mr. Baldwin told the power con-
Burners that the committee had re-
ceived the hearty co-operation of Com-
missioner W. L. Eyres in making its
investigation and that Commissioner
Eyres had already met the protest of
power consumers against the high
minimum rates by recalling bills of the
larger consumers and started readjust-
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